We once again return to the wellspring that is the Mind of Sorkin, this time giving a psychoanalysis of his life and career through his Masterclass on screenwriting. We begin with a brief history of how "Masterclass" came to be, a classically chapofied silicon valley story of weirdo tech grifters...
2020-05-15 03:24:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Matt examines the End Poverty In California movement, and Upton Sinclair's failed 1934 bid for California governor.
2020-05-07 22:08:23 +0000 UTC View Post
A symposium on the State of The Orc in America.
2020-05-01 03:41:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We review Assassin 33 A.D., a film that is both a shockingly sophisticated meditation on Christian faith and theology, and one where Jesus Christ gets double-tapped in the head by a Tier 1 operator named Brandt.
2020-04-24 03:56:02 +0000 UTC View Post
BEFORE YOU LISTEN TO THIS EP: please watch "Pretty Ricky Midnight Special": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfWjXrV-hMU
We're joined by TrueAnon's Liz Franczak and Brace Belden to discuss COVID, the Democrat...
2020-04-17 03:25:33 +0000 UTC View Post
We conclude our Star Wars prequel commentary by discussing how Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith predicted QAnon.
Thanks again to @wagskoop for the star wars/salute 2 el chapo mashup, and to ChapoFYM & Fortune Kit for Green Yoda.
2020-04-10 03:14:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Our friend, frequent collaborator & Star Wars expert Hayley joins us to continue our dive into the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Is Amidala a Boss Baby? How does 1950s Americana exist a long time ago in a galaxy far far away? Why does Ki Adi Mundi get a special Jedi fuck dispensation? Learn the ...
2020-04-03 01:29:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Our watch-with-us commentary on Star Wars - Episode One: The Phantom Menace, a film perhaps more dedicated to both race science and pedophilia than any of the many, many films dedicated to those topics we've reviewed in the past.
This episode is recorded as a commentary track. Sync up...
2020-03-27 03:10:57 +0000 UTC View Post
We attempt to summarize our general political situation wrapping up the first of potentially many(?) weeks(??) of pandemic quarantine here in spring 2020. Then, the second of our 2-part review of Hulu's HILLARY, a documentary series on the life and works of Hillary Clinton.
Keep an eye out ...
2020-03-20 05:01:55 +0000 UTC View Post
The first of our 2-part review of Hulu's HILLARY, a documentary series on the life and works of Hillary Clinton.
2020-03-13 02:49:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Recorded in San Francisco the day after Super Tuesday. We take a look at a primary race that has now definitively consolidated to a 1 on 1 contest between Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden, evaluate the results of the Super Tuesday contests, and consider how we win going forward.
2020-03-05 20:16:27 +0000 UTC View Post
We discuss football and politics with running back for the LA Chargers Justin Jackson.
We are doing live screening and talkback of Good Vibes at the Iowa State Fair this coming Monday, March 2nd at New Parkway theater in Oakland, CA. If you're in the area, please come thru! ...
2020-02-27 19:51:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Our live show from the House of Blues in Las Vegas.
2020-02-21 19:20:45 +0000 UTC View Post
We wrap up Bernie's victory in the New Hampshire primary and take a look at the field as we go in to Nevada and beyond, including canvassing stories from the field and an explanation of just what's going on with the Nevada Culinary Union's endorsement of "Goals".
Help Bernie volunteers get ...
2020-02-14 05:19:06 +0000 UTC View Post
We celebrate Bernie's victory in the Iowa Caucus.
TOUR DATES:
ALL TICKETS AVAILABLE AT: www.chapotraphouse.com/tour
Las Vegas, NV Feb 18, @ House of Blues
San Diego, CA, Feb 23, @ The Observatory North Pa...
We gaze in to the multiverse of electoral possibilities stemming from this inspiring, terrifying singular moment.
CANVASSERS PARTY @ Vaudeville Mews in Des Moines
We catch up on the New York Time's sputtering dual-wield endorsement, the increasingly barren supply of oppo against Bernie Sanders, develop a new theory of socialist-monarchism, and check in on Trump's War on Big Dookies.
COME SEE US ON OUR PRIMARY STATE TOUR!
ALL TICKETS AVAILABLE AT:...
We talk about the Warren campaign's smears against Bernie Sanders and probably some other stuff, I honestly don't know I've been traveling and had a guest editor take this one and haven't had time to fully listen before I'm publishing since I want to get the slop in the trough as soon as I can fo...
2020-01-17 14:57:40 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a full deck of Chapos as we discuss the state of the Iran situation, the Warren campaign, and our beautiful Generals. We then talk about Benny Johnson, memes, and the nature of art. Finally, our Secret Santa.
If you are reading this and live within a reasonable distance of the followin...
2020-01-10 07:08:10 +0000 UTC View Post
We look at the state of the primaries at the beginning of the year, and revisit an old friend as he reflects on overcoming a crippling addiction.
Please donate to help Bernie volunteers get to Iowa.
In a special Christmas Movie Episode, we examine the copious Uncle Magic & Bolsonarismo present in the 1986 Sylvester Stallone film COBRA (which IS a Christmas movie, btw)
2019-12-25 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
We give a post-mortem for last week's demoralizing UK elections, and discuss what we can learn going into our own 2020 election year.
BACK ON THE ROAD: Join us in Iowa City on February 1st and Derry, New Hampshire on February 9th. Tickets for these dates (and more announced soon) at 2019-12-20 19:08:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Our live show from Dec. 9 at Bush Hall, London.
2019-12-12 19:03:58 +0000 UTC View Post
The primaries new cycle keeps giving, so we keep taking. Joe Biden took us up on our suggestion to challenge someone to a push up contest. Pete Buttigieg is surrounded by demons. Hillary Clinton makes Howard Stern lame. It's all here folks.
You MUST come out for our UK shows:
12/9 - B...
2019-12-06 04:35:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Your two favorite wonks return to crunch the numbers and check the heat on the democratic primary candidates heading inexorably into a turmoil of policy and and polling.
WE ARE RETURNING TO THE UK FOR ELECTION SHOWS! LONDON 9 Dec., LIVERPOOL 11 Dec., TICKETS HERE: 2019-11-28 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We each watched one (1) episode of Amazon Prime's JACK RYAN Season 2: Office Jack Goes To Venezuela, and tried to explain it to each other in an increasingly loopy game of television telephone.
If you are in NYC and would like to phone bank for Labour, find out about this weekend's event he...
2019-11-22 03:27:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Matt continues tracing the political history of conspiracy theories, this time asking: what happens when the conspiracy is real? We take a look at the network of clandestine "stay-behind" organizations linked together in Italy by far-right groups, The Mafia, the CIA, and a powerful Masonic lodge,...
2019-11-14 21:02:36 +0000 UTC View Post
We're joined by author & economics commenter Grace Blakeley to discuss the upcoming UK general election, and the possibility of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party seizing control from Boris Johnson and the Tories. We then check back in on how National Review's long-dormant war on Gender Neutral Bat...
2019-11-08 01:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
International man of mystery Brace Belden joins us again to discuss two eminently spooky topics: the ongoing disaster in northern Syria, and the ongoing mysteries of Jeffrey Epstein.
Support Dean Preston for supervisor, go to: votedean.com
Kurdish Red Crescent: 2019-11-01 01:07:16 +0000 UTC View Post
We lose all our remaining sanity points reviewing the Christian, gun-rights, vaguely anti-antifa, Kevin Sorbo film, "The Reliant."
2019-10-25 05:56:31 +0000 UTC View Post